Transmission Planning
Attachment K Public Input
Meeting Minutes
FERC 890 Q2
June 12, 2014
Attendees:Jamie Austin
Lori Adams
JD Podlesnik
Larry Frick
Brian Fritz
Dennis Yegorov
Patience Kerchinsky
Peter Jones
Mark Adams
Dave Hagen
Dan Yokota - BPA
Gayle MacKenzie – Scribe
- Welcome attendees and guest- Jamie Austin
- Explain the planning process – Jamie Austin
- Finalized methodology/planning criteria/process used
- Coordinate with other processes on reliability
- TPL transmission planning studies
- Five year area studies
- Generator interconnection studies
- PacifiCorp to review with stakeholders the status of 5-year studies as they become available
- Stakeholders can submit study requests through OASIS process
- No study requests submitted in Q1
- Next time study request to be submitted is Q5
- Eight Quarter Process for PacifiCorp
- Year 1 – 2014
- Q1 Jan-Mar ~ Data collection for economic studies
- Q2 Apr-Jun ~ Reference case development
- Q3 Jul-Sep ~ Economic studies to identify congestion
- Q4 Oct-Dec ~ Draft reporting
- Year 2 – 2015
- Q5 Jan – Mar ~ Draft report on system adequacy
- Data collection for re-study
- Q6 Apr – Jun ~ Draft re-study report review
- Q7 Jul – Sep ~ Final report and review
- Q8 Oct – Dec ~ Final transmission plan approval
- Generator Interconnection Requests – Brian Fritz
- Generator interconnection requests
- Nearly 600 applications in 2004
- 106 actual projects completed
- Generator interconnection requests by size and year
- Interconnect requests by type and year
- 2003 – 100% wind; no solar
- 2013 & 2014 – 80% solar requests; 5% wind
- The majority in Southern Utah follow FERC process
- Local Area Studies Update – PACW – Larry Frick
- Yreka
- 85% complete
- Progress delayed by compliance-related activities
- Crescent City & Grants Pass
- 65% complete
- Study progressing
- 41 months average study length - PACW
- Normal is 36 months
- Local Area Studies Update – PacifiCorp East – Mark Adams
- Studies
- Ogden – Q2 2014 complete
- Utah (Southwest) – Q2 2014 complete
- Goshen – Q3 2014 – complete
- Nebo – Q2 2014 complete
- Utah Valley – Q3 2014 complete
- Also scheduled in 2014
- Honeyville/Malad
- Powder River
- Pavant
- Smithfield
- Montpelier
- 48 months average study length
- Goal is 36 months
- 4 years ago the normal was 24 months
- Caused by decrease in planning engineers
- Yreka Area Study – Dennis Yegorov
- Study area covers
- Yreka
- Shasta Valley
- Montague
- Rural areas
- Lower Klamath River
- Hornbrook
- Happy Camp
- Scott Valley
- Fort Jones
- Etna
- Weed
- Southern Part of the study area
- Mount Shasta
- Sacramento Canyon
- McCloud
- Dunsmuir
- Rural areas south
- Yreka has 8 ties to other systems
- Medford (2)
- Klamath Falls (3)
- Cave Junction (1)
- Pacific Gas & Electric’s system in Cottonwood area (2)
- Study area is served by 35 substation
- 9 transmission substations/switching stations
- 26 distribution substations
- Local generation within study area
- Six hydroelectric plants
- Customer-owned steam turbine generator in Weed
- Base System Loads (coincidental)
- Summer 2014 – 94 MW
- Growth rate 0.4%
- Winter 2014-2015 – 110 MW
- Growth rate 0.4%
- Projected system loads (coincidental)
- Summer 2018 96 MW
- Winter 2019-2019 113 MW
- Distribution Substation Capacity
- Summer 162.8 MVA
- Winter 204.0 MVA
- Distribution Substation Utilization Factor
- Summer 2014 62.5%
- Winter 2014-2015 56.0%
- Transmission System Losses
- 6-7% of area load during peak load periods
- 6 Planned System Improvements
- Four near-term planning horizon (years 1 through 5)
- Weed 115-69kV LTC transformer
- In service winter 2015 - 2016
- Yreka 115-69kV LTC transformer
- In service 2016
- 2nd Yreka – Greenhorn 69kV line
- In service 2017
- Lassen distribution substation
- In service 2017 (depending on load growth)
- Two long-range planning horizon (beyond 5 years)
- 69kV line 2 conversion to 115kV
- Phase 1 – Weed Junction – Lassen Segment
- Project timing depends on future load development in Mount Shasta area
- Phase 2 – Copco – Weed Junction segment
- Timing driven by future load development in Yreka, Weed and Mount Shasta area
- Contact information – Link to PacifiCorp OASIS
- For Attachment K related comments/questions, address your requests to
- Next meeting late September 2014
- Meeting adjourned